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		<p> The Abacus Formula Compiler (AFC, for short) makes it possible to use computations defined in
			spreadsheet files within normal Java applications. The original spreadsheet files can be created, for
			example, in <a href="http://office.microsoft.com/" target="_top">Microsoft Excel</a> or <a
				href="http://www.openoffice.org/" target="_top">OpenOffice Calc</a> . AFC reads the
			spreadsheet files and compiles corresponding Java-based formula evaluation engines using a {@link
			org.formulacompiler.spreadsheet.EngineBuilder}, or the lower-level API defined in the packages
			{@link org.formulacompiler.spreadsheet} and {@link org.formulacompiler.compiler}. A compiled
			{@link org.formulacompiler.runtime.Engine} computes output values given a set of input values. For
			example, compute the value of the cell B3 given the values of the cells B1 and B2 as inputs. </p>
		
		<p>For overviews, tutorials, examples, guides, and tool documentation, please see the:</p>
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			<li><a href="../index.htm" target="_top">Full Documentation</a>
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		@see org.formulacompiler.spreadsheet.EngineBuilder
		@see org.formulacompiler.runtime.Engine 
		@see org.formulacompiler.runtime.ComputationFactory
		@see org.formulacompiler.runtime.Computation
		
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